4 stranded tugboat crew members rescued

Four crew members of a tugboat stranded at sea off Mumbai have been rescued by the Indian Navy, an official said today.

photo- The Indian Express

“The Mumbai main police control room received a distress call last night that tugboat Sonika, with four men on board, had run aground on rocks in the waters off Raj Bhavan during low tide and had begun to flood,” a Defence spokesperson said here.

“The Indian Navy was approached for assistance and the joint operations centre was also contacted by the police,” the spokesperson said.

“At about 2320 hrs, a naval Seaking C helicopter, with divers onboard, was launched from naval air station INS Shikra. The helicopter was able to extract all the four stranded men and returned to the base by 2345 hrs,” he said.